Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1894 — STRIKE HAS SPREAD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STRIKE HAS SPREAD

I.abor Agitation Assumes National Dimensions. THOUSANDS NOW IDLE President Cleveland Issues a Warning Proclamation. AdvUeg All Good Chicagoans to Get to Shelter and Commands the Mobs to Disperse—Regulars Root Frenzied Mobs at Hammond, Ind.—Bloody Riot at Fortyninth Street, Chicago Troops in the West Rebel—Refuse to Be Hauled on Trains Operated by “Scabs”—Nation In a Turmoil* Despite the presence of United States troops and the mobilization of five regiments of State militia; despite threats of martial law and total extermination of the strikers by bullet and bayonet, the great strike inaugurated by the American Railway Union held three-fourths of the roads running out of Chicago in its strong fetters, and at the end of the second

week of the strike traffic was more fully paralyzed than at any time since the inception of the tie-up. Comparatively few roads were running out of the city, while freight traffic was completely paralyed. Several of the Western and Northwestern trunk lines were running trains intermittently, while those running east, southeast and south were virtually dead. The Dearborn street station was closed to traffic and practically deserted, the roads running out of that station being completely at the mercy

of the strikers. The Michigan Central was forced to abandon all trains. The Illinois Central was in the same fix. The Rock Island and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern lines were completely tied up, their tracks having been blockaded by wrecked cars strewn along miles of the two lines by the mob which had possession of the territory traversed by the tracks. The Chicago ani Alton Road was running occasional trains at the Chicago end of the line, but was blockaded at Kansas City and intermediate points. Too Chicago, Burlington and Quincy system alone did a comparatively uninterrupted business. Suburban traffic was in a complete state of asphyxiation, and freight traffic was absolutely at a stand-still. With the exception of an occasional ca • or two moved by the aid of the military not a wheel was turning. Such was the situation at the end of the second week of the greatest labor disturbance ever inaugurated in this country. Strike Becoming Expensivi*. The strike is getting to be a costly affair, not only for the railroad companies but for Uncle Sam, who in addition to the regular army force on duty is paying for a still larger force of deputy United States marshals. According to the record kept in Marshal Arnold's office in Chicago, 1,68 t! deputy marshals not railroad employes and 500 railroad employes had been sworn in, making a force of nearly 2,200 deputies now in the pay of the Government. The pay of each deputy is $2.50 a day and expenses, making the cost of each man about $3._5 a day, or a total a day for the entire force of about $6,000. Inasmuch as the list of deputies is being constantly increased, Mr. Pullman's little dispute with his employes is costing the Government a pretty penny. In the meantime the prices of meat and provisions supplied by the West have advanced in price one-third to the Chicago consumer, while train load after train load of perishable freight lost its value because it could not be moved to its destination. A potato famine exists which has made potatoes a luxury at $6 ; per barrel. The strike has wrought hardships on millions, has visited untold losses upon the companies and those grappling with them, has led to harsh measures by the government and in other ways has been most injurious. In view of the hard times, a id following s> soon after

the great coal strike, this present trouble only puts back the return t > better days, so long delayed and so eagerly awaited. In many ways Mr. Pullman himself will find the conflict c f-tly and annoying. In ine particular will he always have reason to regret it. This is in the decision of some of the companies using Pullman cars to do without them and to manufacture a substitute in their shops. This will be a great blow to Pullman and the city he has built up on the outsk.rts of Chicago. KEEP OCT OF RANGE. President Cleveland Admonishes Chicagoan < to Obry the Law. A proclamation practically declaring martial law in Chicago was decided upon after a full discussion in the Cabinet meeting at Washington. It is as ' follows: Wuebbas, By reason of the unlawful obstructions, combinations, and assemblages of persons It has become Impracticable, in the judgment of the President, to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceed! ugs the laws of the United States within the Stats of Illinois, and especiaUy in the city of Chicago, within said State; and Whebeas, For the purpose of enforcing the faithful execution of toe laws of the United States and protecting its property and removing obstructions to the United mails in the State and city aforesaid, the President has employed a part of the military forces of the United States, Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby admonish all good citizens and ail persons who mav be or may come within tbe city and State aforesaid, against aiding, countenancing, encouraging, or taking part in snch unlawful obstructions. combinations, and assemblages; and I hereby warn all persons engaged in or 1l any way connected with such unlawfnl obstructions, combinations, and assemblages, to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes. Those who disregard this warning and persist In taking part with a riotous mob in forcibly resisting and obstructing the execution of the laws of the United States, or Interfering with the functions of the government.

or destroying, or attempting to destroy, the property belonging to tbe United States 01 under its protection, cannot be regarded otherwise than as public enemies. Troops employed against such a riotous mob will act with all the moderation and forbearance consistent with the accomplishment of the desired end; but the necessity that confronts them will not with certainty pfermit discrimination between guilty participants and those who are mingled with them from onrlosity and without criminal intent. The only safe oourße, therefore, for those not actually unlawfully participating is to abide at their homes, or at least not be found in the neighborhood of riotous assemblages. While there will be no hesitation or vacillation in the decisive treatment of the guilty, this warning is especially Intended to protect and save the innocent. Groves Cleveland. All Trades Go Ont. By order and authority of the allied trades of Chicago, a general strike of all union wage earners was declared. Delegates of all the unions had met to consider the advisability of inaugurating a sympathetic strike. The session hau lasted until after midnight and it was about decided to delay the contemplated walk-out when President Cleveland's proclamation was received and read to the assemblage. The last words of the document had not passed the reading clerk’s lips when the whisper went round, “If we don’t order the strike now we will be prevented from meeting to carry out the plan in the future." Then they acted promptly. The proclamation settled the question that five hours’ debate could not.

BLOOD AT HAMMOND. Regulars Put a Bullet in One Man’s Heart —Three People Wounded. Ten days ago the strikers at Hammond, Ind., promised to allow trains to pass through their town without molestation. and in consideration'of this pledge State troops ordered therd "by Gov. Matthews were sent home. Sunday the rioters broke their word, and as a result United States soldiers shot down four persons, one of them being killed instantly. Riot broke forth in Hammond late Saturday night and raged until 3:1-0 p. m.. when the shedding of blood brought the mob to a realization of the lolly of resisting United States authorities. Bicod was shod as a direct result of an attempt on the part of the strikers to interfere with the operation of a wrecking train in charge of Capt. W. T. Hartz of the Fifteenth Infantry. The train had been sent out to clear the Monon tracks of the box cars, pas-

eenger coaches, and other obstructions placed there by the rioters. MANY SHOT DOWN. Frenzied Mobs Fights with a Squad of the National Guard# In defending a wrecking train and crew on the Forty-ninth street tracks of the Grand Trunk Railroad at Loomis street in Chicago, Saturday, the police and a company of militia fired into the crowd. They had been stoned and shot into the mob indiscriminately. The soldiers also charged with their bayonets. One man was fatally and seventeen, including three women and a baby, more or less seriously wouhdbd. Lieut. Reed and thirty-eight men of

company C went out from the Dearborn station about 2:45 on a wrecking train. Their duty was to guard the train and prevent interference with the workmen on the part of the rioters. No difficulty was met with until the crossing at Forty-seventh and Loomi9 street was reached. Here the train stopped and the laborers went to work to lift a box car which was lying across the tracks. A crowd of 10.000 was gathered about the crossing and at once began to threaten violence. The squad of militia formed ix line to protect the workmen. At once the mob pressed forward. Lieut Reed ordered a charge with bayonets. A Pole who was leading the mob swept th<- first bavonet aside and shouted to his mad followers to come on. The order to fire was given. It was a close range, anl five volleys were i ece sary before the mob fe 1 back sufficiently to allow the militia to escape to their cars. The engineer had steam up, and as soon as the soldiers were on board he pulled the throttle open and sent the train flying back toward town. He was none too soon. The wild mob recovered from the confusion into which the firing had thrown it. and with cries of fury rushed after the train. For half a mile the cars were followed by the rioters, who only stopped when they found it impossible to keep up with the train. Gen Miles at once ordered two companies of regulars and fifty deputy United States marshals to the scene. miners sack stores. Illinois Rioters Destroy Coal Company*s Goods—Many Towns Threatened. The general merchandise store of the White Breast Fuel Company at Ladd, IIL, was thoroughly looted Saturday night by a mob of 1,200 alien miners from Spring Valley. The stock

was valued at $30,C00 and will be a complete loss. The mob was composed of Lithuanians, Poles, Belgians and Italians, being of the same class that has caused the depredations at Spring Valley, and most of them the same men. The attack upon the company’s store was not only for the purpose of securing plunder, but with a view to entirely destroying the property of the coal company. The strikers have become so emboldened by their successes that they made known their plan for the

future. It is the sacking of the building-. of coal companies, the destruction of the machinery and the burning of the mines. No one in the locality doubts that this plan has been fullv agreed upon. This work, the miners assert through their ' leaders, will ba accomplished. Ottawa citizens volunteered to assist the Sheriff. The Mayor of Peru called a meeting of the citizens, and an armed organization of 150 men was

formed to protect the city. Gov Altgeld was asked for 100 stand of arms. The Sheriff swore in a home guard of 250 men, and firearms and ammunition were issued to aIL SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION. The Pullman Strike Has Now Grown to National Dimensions. From an incipient strike affeoting only a few hundred men in the town of Pullman has evolved a disturbance which to-day is national in its scope. The entire industrial world is threatened with complete suspension. Labor in all parts of the-country- is debating the question of lending aid to the American Railway Union. If it

decide* ?t the affirmative the result may be a material che sge in the socioeconomic conditions of the country. While Chicago is still the center of the d sturbance, the following summary of dispatches from various points shows the magnitude to which the trouble has spread: Baltimore has net been reached by the sympathetic wave. Buffalo hourly expects a general tieup of rai.roads enteMhg there. in West Virgin's the cause of the Chicago strikers is geterdlly espoused. In the South Alabama is the greatest sufferer. Troops are nec. sssary to preserve order. After a ter.-hour sossion. the membe s cf tbe A. R. U., at Peoria, iesolved to strl -e. Pittsburg i wa'o led with great interest by both sides. It is an important rai wry point and it is a strong hold of trades uni ns. As yet, how-

ever, ihe town has not played an active part. At Fordham a battalion of tho First Regiment twice charged on rioters who had become demonstrative. Members of the American Railway Union o i the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe eysiem have been ordered out. Engineers and firemen of tbe Alton have declared off the strike and will be restored to their former positions. Tho Second Regiment, Tennessee National Guard, has b eu ordered to prepare to move at a moment s notice. A thousand more of Uncle Sam's boys in blue arrived at Chicago, Mi nday, to le-onfr.rce th >se already in the field. A. R. U. men at Toledo will strike and are making strenuous effirts to secure the co > peraticn of the brotherhoods The railroad bloekado is complete in California except at a lew points in the south. Vast quantities of iruit are rotting. Capt an Feed'; troop of cavalry arrived at Billings, Mont., from Fort Custer, and immediately camped on railroad properly. At Salt Lake, Utah, the situation is unchanged. Four companies of the Sixteenth infantry received orders to move and left for Ogden. The engineer and fireman of a Wabash train were seized by strikers at Ashley, Ind., and compelled to take oath to at once leave town. The West is giving’ in to ! the strike Tacoma, Wash., is thoroughly in sympathy with the Chicago strikers. Even the militia has refused to ride on trains manned by nonunion men. So strong

is the feeling out there that fathers of the soldiers who “went out” avowed they would disown their sons if they rode on a train manned by “scabs.” Montana, Utah, Oregon, lowa, California, Washington and Idaho are more or less affected by tho strike, which is spreading to allied trades, Resolutions both Pullman and Debs and indorsing the President h acti< n were adopted b / toe Champaign I 111.) Citizens’ Associa -ion. Depart.r ent Commander McDowell has offe ed toe services of the Giand Army ve erans of Illinois to Governor Altge d to ail in suppressing d sorder. St. Louis is wavering. Many men who joined the str ke a week a„o have shown a dispositi' n to return to work. <nhers insist on c.rrying tho war to victory. Ohio may become the center of war. Cleveland, Cincinnati and other towns in the State arc warm in support of President Debs’ course. Traffic has been interrupted for several days. Chicago Typographical Union appropriated *I,COO for relief of the Pullman striKet-s. and font a message to Proddent Cleveland appealing' for withdrawal of Federal support to corporations. The regular army of the United States consists of upward o' 20,000 men. Only ha.f of the-e would be available for active ser. ice in the field. It would take 1(',00U men to guard the government property throughout the country. Then the militia can ho called npon. It is made up exactly of 110,790 men. But one labor organization alone, which threatened to strike, numbers 150,000 men. Nearly every town in Illinois is experiencing trouble. To the railroad strike is added the terror of miners’ outbreak. In LaSalle citizens have been obliged to arm themselves and organize for protection of stores, public buildings and c ther property. At Cairo, on the Illinois Centra', 500 railroad m n are idle and business in all lines is suspended. Sisrns of a change for tho better are wanting. For obvious reasons the condition in towns in Illinois cannot be changed. Until the trouble in Chicago is at an end or better than itTs now.

SOLDIERS FIRING INTO THE MOB AT FORTY-NINTH STREET.

GUARDING THE SUB-TREASURY.

SCENE OF DESTRUCTION AND PILLAGE IN THE PANHANDLE YARDS.

BIT OF THE LAKE FRONT CAMP.

FIRST REGIMENT, I. N. G , TO THE FRONT.